African media leaders must address Ethiopia's repression

New York, November 5, 2013--As media leaders and officials of
regional institutions gather in Addis Ababa this week for the African Media
Leaders Forum (AMLF), the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the participants
to ensure that press freedom is squarely on the agenda.

"Leaders have come from across the continent to plot the
future of media in Africa, and they must remember that journalists are
languishing in Ethiopia's prisons on trumped-up terrorism charges for doing
their jobs," said Sue Valentine, CPJ's Africa Program Coordinator. "The
delegates should use the opportunity provided by this conference to highlight
the plight of these persecuted journalists and to acknowledge media freedom is a
cornerstone of Africa's development."